Introduction
Visualisation and Fabrication is part of a suite of four units in the degree core of the Bachelor of Architecture and Built Environments and the Spatial Design minor in the Bachelor of Design. These units introduce you to key ideas, principles and practices in spatial and built environment design disciplines.
In this unit you will develop creative design skills in imagining and realising structural solutions for spatial environments combining knowledge of foundational principles with emergent digital technologies and techniques. You will be introduced to a range of digital tools and understand their use and value in the design, visual communication and fabrication of structures. Through collaborative workshop activities and individual self-directed experiments, you will gain knowledge of the structural performance of materials, elements and systems and explore the implications and opportunities for the design of spaces and objects. Working in teams, you will apply this knowledge to a specified design problem using digital fabrication techniques to produce models and prototypes at different scales.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Architecture Technology: Performance and Principles |
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| Unit code | KDA141 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering School of Architecture and Design |
| Discipline | Architecture & Design |
| Coordinator | Louise Wallis |
| Teaching staff | Mark Dewsbury |
| Level | Introductory |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
ILO 1: Explain the physical and mechanical properties of structural behaviour through experimentation with materials, elements and systems
ILO 2: Apply knowledge of structural principles and material properties in creative design solutions for spaces and objects.
ILO 3: Employ digital tools and techniques to imagine, communicate and fabricate spatial design propositions at various scales.
ILO 4: Use collaborative processes to design and fabricate prototypes.
Fees
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Workshop - 1 x 4-hr weekly |
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| Assessment | AT1 – Workshop Journal (25%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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